The best care...with caring.
Holmes Veterinary Hospital
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Holmes Veterinary Hospital
Staff
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Office Manager Debbie Culbertson has worked
at Holmes Veterinary Hospital since 1987. She also fullfills
duties as a treatment technician, x-ray technician and
surgical assistant. She is married and has two grown
children. Debbie enjoys shopping, music and movies and is an
avid reader of theology texts. She has a German Shepherd
named Althea plus two poodles, Bailey and Gracie, and several
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Chief Technician and Surgery Technician Laura Haupfear has worked at Holmes Veterinary Hospital since 1989 . An elite athlete, Laura runs marathons and triathlons and in 2009, completed a lifelong dream by completing the Ironman Louisville. 140.6 miles in 12 hours 38 minutes and 12 seconds! She is married and has three canine children: a golden retriever, Gator; and two Jack Russell Terriers, Jack and Tipper in addition to several cats and numerous chickens. |
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Technician Gina B. Crane has worked at Holmes Veterinary Hospital since 1996. Gina performs a wide variety of duties from assisting the veterinarian to acting as receptionist to behind-the-scenes duties. She is married and lives in Barksdale with her husband and two sons. Camping, crafts and going to her son's baseball games are some of the things Gina enjoys. She also likes spending time with her sons and her neices. Gina has a papillion named Max, a spaniel-mix named Copper and a cat named Romeo. She sometimes volunteers to bottle raise baby kittens. |
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Technician Melody S. Finley has worked at Holmes Veterinary Hospital since 1996. She enjoys horseback riding and camping with her family. She is married and has two daughters. Melody lives on a small farm with a mixed terrier named Clayton and a pekingese named Shu-Shu as well as horses, goats, a potbellied pig named Muffett, rabbits and cats. |
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Assistant Vicky McClain has worked at Holmes
Veterinary Hospital since 2004. Vicky is enjoying her second
adulthood here, having retired from Solutia. She is married
and enjoys camping and recently fullfilled a lifelong dream by
going on a cruise. Vicky has three dogs, poodles Pooh
Bear and Tiny and chihuahua-mix Fancy. |
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Bookkeeper Madge Byrd has worked at Holmes
Veterinary Hospital since 1991. Madge is married and has two
grown daughters and is very active in her Church and her
community. She enjoys spending time with her five
grandchildren. |
Vanessa Richey is Holmes Veterinary Hospital's Kennel Manager and in charge of Custodial Duties. Vanessa also does pet grooming here at Holmes Veterinary Hospital. Vanessa has eight dogs from a miniature daschund to a great Pyrenees. She enjoys riding horses and spending time with her husband. |
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Kennel Manager Thomas Davis has worked at Holmes Veterinary Hospital since 2000. We are very proud of Thomas, who was South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Client of the Year for 2000. A film crew was sent here to capture Thomas in action and they made a short film about him to accompany the presentation of Thomas's award at a dinner in Charleston. We closed the office so the whole staff could attend this very special occasion. Thomas enjoys dogs and cats equally and they all respond well to his laid-back and gentle demeanor. Thomas enjoys video games and Asian culture and has several cats. Thomas "retired" from Holmes Veterinary Hospital at the beginning of August 2007. His co-workers and his animal friends miss him greatly. |
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_______________________________________________________ Most veterinary hospitals
have one or more "clinic cats." These cats are very dear to
our hearts and live interesting lives, to say the least.
Occasionally one of them antes up and donates blood for a needy
patient to earn his or her keep. But mostly they are our
pride and joy. _______________________________________________________ |
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Fleming, our "official greeter." He is
named after a ghost that is rumored to haunt a historic home on
West Main Street in Laurens. He was injured as a kitten and
has no feeling in his tail and impaired control of his bodily
functions. Fleming took a quiz on the Internet and we discovered that in a
former life, he was Christopher Columbus, which explains a lot. Fleming has sugar diabetes and has to get insulin shots twice a
day. His favorite activity is urinating on things. |
Dave is our king-sized black cat, and is
actually one of the youngest cats that lives at Homes Veterinary
Hospital. Dave lost one eye and sustained damage to the other from a
severe viral infection that he had as a tiny kitten. Dave tips the scales at 23 pounds and enjoys watching surgery. |
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Bitty is our lounge kitty and our only petite
clinic cat. She loves to recline on Dr. Burns' couch and
hide in places where it is hard to find her. She is our locomotor-challenged kitty and walks with a limp due
to a birth defect. |
Kitty Marvin is our youngest clinic cat.
At only a year of age, Marvin already tips the scales at 15 pounds
and is a lush, blue-eyed Siamese-mix. Born to an unwed mother and sadly unwanted. Marvin has carved
himself out a happy existence here at Holmes Veterinary
Hospital. Marvin's favorite things are hiding inside the
x-ray machine and playing with his best friend Dave. He divides his time between HVH and his home in Mountville. |
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